{"product_id":"london-choral-sinfonia-music-of-stephen-hough-cd","title":"London Choral Sinfonia - Music of Stephen Hough (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eNamed by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths; Sir Stephen Hough combines a worldwide career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. \"My father said that I had memorised seventy nursery rhymes by the age of two. This sounds suspiciously like parental exaggeration to me; but I do know that such singing was my first form of musical expression; especially as we had no classical music in my childhood home. Then; by the age of six; the piano took over... but song remained in the background. \"My first twenty years were filled with composing. Then followed almost twenty years of blank paper; writing virtually nothing except concert transcriptions for me to use as encores. Until; in my early 40s; I returned to composition with a passion...\" This release celebrates Hough's compositional output in works for choir and organ performed by the London Choral Sinfonia; with organist James Orford and conductor Michael Waldron.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49823445451052,"sku":"5060189562565","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0863\/2257\/7708\/files\/4237964-3141934.jpg?v=1726589477","url":"https:\/\/joseyrecords.com\/products\/london-choral-sinfonia-music-of-stephen-hough-cd","provider":"Josey Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}